Company: RIV
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form Type: 424B3
Source: 0001398344-25-006352
Chunk: 142

Company: RIVERNORTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form: 424B3
Chunk 142
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 fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds in which the Fund invests; dividend and interest expenses on short positions taken by the Fund; fees and expenses, including travel expenses and fees and expenses of legal counsel retained for the benefit of the Fund, of directors of the Fund who are not officers, employees, partners, shareholders or members of the Adviser or its affiliates; fees and expenses associated with and incident to shareholder meetings and proxy solicitations involving contested elections of directors, shareholder proposals or other non-routine matters that are not initiated or proposed by the Adviser; legal, marketing, printing, accounting and other expenses associated with any future share offerings, such as rights offerings and shelf offerings, following the Fund’s initial offering; expenses associated with tender offers and other share repurchases and redemptions; and other extraordinary expenses, including extraordinary legal expenses, as may arise, including, without limit, expenses incurred in connection with litigation, proceedings, other claims and the legal obligations of the Fund to indemnify its directors, officers, employees, shareholders, distributors and agents with respect thereto.

Prior to October 1, 2022, ALPS Advisors, Inc. (“ALPS Advisors”) served as the Fund’s investment adviser, and the Fund paid ALPS Advisors a management fee payable on a monthly basis at the annual rate of 1.00% of the Fund’s average daily Managed Assets for the service and facilities it provided. The management fee paid by the Fund to ALPS Advisors was essentially a variable fee structure where the Fund paid an advisory fee under the prior investment advisory agreement with ALPS Advisors and also paid “variable fees” to cover other Fund expenses (including administrative expenses). Prior to October 1, 2022, the Adviser served as investment subadviser to the Fund.

When the Fund utilizes leverage, the fees paid to the Adviser for investment management services will be higher than if the Fund did not use leverage because the fees paid will be calculated based on Managed Assets, which would include assets attributable to leverage. Because the fees paid to the Adviser are determined on the basis of Managed Assets, this creates a conflict of interest for the Adviser. The Board of Directors monitors the Fund’s use of leverage and in doing so monitors this potential conflict.

The Investment Advisory Agreement provides that the Adviser shall not be liable for any act or omission connected with or arising out of any services to be rendered under such agreement, except by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Advis