Company: SWZ
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000894189-25-000453
Chunk: 38

Company: Total Return Securities Fund
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 38
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OTING RESULTS The Fund will advise stockholders of the voting results of the matters voted upon at the Meeting as soon as practicable following the Meeting. IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE TO THE FUND OF FURTHER SOLICITATION, WE ASK FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN SUBMITTING YOUR PROXY PROMPTLY BY MAIL OR BY VOTING BY TELEPHONE OR THROUGH THE INTERNET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY. If you have any questions concerning this Proxy solicitation, please contact InvestorCom, Telephone Number: (877) 972-0090.

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FORM OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT THIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT dated and effective as of ___, 2025 between [•], a Delaware corporation (herein referred to as the “Fund”), and Bulldog Investors, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership (herein referred to as the “Investment Manager”). WHEREAS, the Fund and the Investment Manager desire to enter into an investment management agreement whereby the terms of said agreement are set forth herein. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed by the parties as follows: 1. APPOINTMENT OF INVESTMENT MANAGER. The Investment Manager hereby undertakes and agrees, upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, to provide overall investment management services for the Fund, and in connection therewith to (i) supervise the Fund’s investment program, including advising and consulting with the Fund’s Board of Directors regarding the Fund’s overall investment strategy; (ii) make, in consultation with the Fund’s Board of Directors, investment strategy decisions for the Fund; (iii) manage the investing and reinvesting of the Fund’s assets; (iv) place purchase and sale orders on behalf of the Fund; (v) advise the Fund with respect to all matters relating to the Fund’s use of leveraging techniques; and (vi) provide or procure the provision of research and statistical data to the Fund in relation to investing and other matters within the scope of the investment objective and limitations of the Fund. Subject to the limitations of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), the Investment Manager may delegate any of the foregoing responsibilities to a third party with the consent of the Board of Directors at no additional cost to the Fund. 2. EXPENSES. In