Company: SWZ
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000894189-25-000129
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Company: Total Return Securities Fund
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: PRE 14A
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 14A Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. ) Filed by the Registrant ☒ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant ☐ Check the appropriate box: ☒ Preliminary Proxy Statement ☐Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) ☐ Definitive Proxy Statement ☐ Definitive Additional Materials ☐ Soliciting Material under §240.14a-12 THE SWISS HELVETIA FUND, INC. (Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check all boxes that apply):

| ☒ | No fee required. |

| ☐ | Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. |

| ☐ | Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rule 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. |

THE SWISS HELVETIA FUND, INC. 615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS [●], 2025 ________________________________________ To Our Stockholders: Notice is hereby given that a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Meeting”) of The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) will be held on [●], 2025, at the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, 535 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022, for the following purposes: 1.To approve the proposed Investment Advisory Agreement between the Fund and Bulldog Investors, LLP; 2.To approve the replacement of the Fund’s fundamental investment objective of capital appreciation by investing in equity and equity-linked securities of Swiss companies with a non-fundamental investment objective of providing long-term total return as described in the accompanying Proxy Statement; 3.To approve amendments to certain of the Fund’s fundamental investment restrictions:

| a. | to exclude closed-end funds from the Fund’s concentration limit; |

| b. | to permit the issuance by the Fund of senior securities subject to the limitations of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder; and |

| c. | to permit the